Update from Portland

I know it's been a few days since I've posted. So much is going on and the Internet in our place isn't quite working the best (because it's not ours and I think I am too far from the wireless router) - which makes it hard for me to have the patience to blog. Soooo I'll just type this up on my phone as I sit on my stoop/porch (!!!) and enjoy the fresh morning air and sunshine. I am hoping to go back and post all the photos with a quick review of our first week in Portland. At some point!

In a nutshell, we have been busy getting our apartment filled with furniture and all the things we need to have a functioning home. It was all planned and saved for, but my oh my it hurts to spend the money (especially for someone like me that has a hard time spending money - we wear our shoes until they are literally in shambles & then some before we buy new ones around here! I am always looking for a deal, and Ikea seems to be one... Yet I have been avoiding them for furniture because it's wobbly and not solid or long lasting.) We've found a few things on Craigslist and will hopefully find the rest of what we need second hand through yard sales and Craigslist. (Except for a large order I need to put in on Amazon for a few appliances and baby furniture.)

Now I just have to continue getting the house around and all the little things done. We'll have a bed in by Friday afternoon and will finally be able to sleep in our new home (been trekking up to and down from the 3rd floor, Jac and Ethan's guest room, each morning and night).

Seth is in his new office. It's a short 5-10 minute drive, but he rides his (new) bike to and from work and makes it in about 15 minutes (I think). He's working on New York hours, so we are up at 5 am and he's to work by 6. But this means he can sometimes be home as early as 3 or 4 pm!!

Yesterday we met our midwives and saw the place where our baby will be born. I want to post more on that later too, but we are very happy to be going there and feel so much better about the care we'll receive compared to what we were receiving with the Park Slope Midwives in Brooklyn.

We've been enjoying Portland greatly and are having no regrets on our move. The only things I am missing are the Food Coop and the lack of driving New York has to offer (but all the things I am doing right now to fill our home would have been IMPOSSIBLE or Extremely miserable to complete in NYC!) Someday I'll take up biking when I am not pregnant and the baby is big enough to ride along.

More to come soon - I hope :)

(photo is of Mt. Hood last Saturday)